Issue Position: Rural Broadband

Issue Position

Living here in Macon County, I can attest to how challenging it is to have a career without steady access to quality broadband internet. Many students are at a disadvantage because when they arrive home to no broadband, they are unable to complete homework assignments. Rural communities will continue to downsize without broadband expansions. The fiber wiring need is very expensive and the State must allocate the funding. We have begun to invest, but what we have invested so far is only a drop in the bucket.

I will:

Expand broadband by making the state appoint another Broadband Task Force to create the case for expanding broadband access statewide.

Allocate funds for broadband expansion.

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